GRASSES OF IOWA. 



167 



(Rhinehart) ; Fayette (Fink); Lee Countj (Bartsch) ; Iowa City 

 (Macbride) ; Jackson County (Shimek) ; Steamboat Rock, Pine Creek 

 (Miss King) ; Granite (Shimek). 



North America. From Newfoundland to North Carolina, Ala- 

 bama, Tennessee; Kentucky (Bell County, Kearney, 375), Ohio 

 (Painsville, Beardslee) ; north to Texas, Michigan (Farwell, 749) ; Illi- 

 nois, Wisconsin (Madison, Rockton, Pammel); Minnesota, Missouri 

 (Eggert), Nebraska and British America. 



2. CINNA LATIFOLIA. 



Cinna latifolia Trev. in Goeppert. Beschr. de. Bot. Gart. Breslau. 82. 

 1830. 



Cinna latifolia Griseb. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4: 435. 1853. 



Cinna latifolia (Trev.) Griseb. Nash in Britton and Brown. 111. Fl. 

 1: 158. /. 361. 



Cinna pendula Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 6: 280. 1841. Scrib' 

 ner. Grasses of Tenn. Bull. Univ. Tenn. Agrl. Exp. Sta. 7: 74. 95. Watson 

 and Coulter. Gray. Man. Bot. 649. 1890. (6th ed.) Vasey. Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 3: 57. 



Cinna anmdinacea (Linn.) var. pendula Gray. Man. Bot. 545. (2nd ed.) 



DESCRIPTION'. 



Slexder Reed Grass. Culms 

 rather slender, two to three feet 

 high, leaves and sheaths much 

 as in C. arundinacea, but the 

 blades rather more scabrous on 

 the nerves. Panicle lax, often 

 few flowered, the branches cap- 

 illary and more or less droop- 

 ing. The glumes less firm than 

 in C. arundinacea, and the 

 empty glumes nearly equal, 

 otherwise the same. 



Fig. 119. Cinna pendula— 2, panicle; 3, 

 upper leaf; 4, spikelet; 5, same with empty- 

 glume removed. (Th. Holm Univ. Tenn.) 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Iowa. This species has not been found in the state but it ought to 

 occur in the northeastern counties. It is not uncommon in the interior 

 of Wisconsin, especially along the Wisconsin River and other streams, 

 occurring abundantly in shady, damp places. 



